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HAm CURLER.

APFLICATION FILED AUG-30,1919.

1,352,87 1 Patenteept. 14, 1921@ fig@ PATENTV OFFICE.

ORSON WQBRENIZ'ER, Oli" PHILADELPHIA, IPENNSYLVANIA.

To all/07mm t may concern Be it known thatl I, Orson` W. Baumann,

a citizenof the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county,of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, jhave invented certain `newand useful Improvements in HairCurlers, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in hair curlers of the class,usually formed of a singlepiece of sheet metal, vwherein the curlercomprises two arms having` normally diverging arms connected at their"adjacent ends and means to connect the free ends of the arms togetherwhenV they are sprung toward each other, one arm being adapted toreceive the hair to be curled and the arms being adapted to be sprungtoward each other and their normally free (nds connected to confine thehair between them.

Hair curlers of this class have been objectionable because the flatsheet metal torn ing thev arm which received the hair has often cut thehair and because the connect ing means or the normally free ends of thearms has vnot been eiiective in holding the arms together at all timeswhen in service.

One object of the invention is to overcome these objections, and aurther object thereof is to provide a stiff arm which will always remainstraight for the reception of the hair while the other arm which isflexible may be bowed outwardly to accommodate the hair between them.

With the above and related objects in view, the invention consists inthe novel construction and combinations of parts hereinafter describedand claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention,

Figure l is a side view of a hair curler embodying my invention, showingthe arms in the open position.

Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the arms in the closed position whenthe curler is not in service.

Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the curler with the parts in the positionshown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a side view of the curler in service with hair upon one of thearms and the arms in the closed position confining the hair betweenthem.

Fig. 5 is a transverse section through the curler, on line 55 of Fig. 2.

My im roved curler is preferably formed of a sing e piece of sheetmetal, and, refer Specification of Letters Patent.

HAIR-CURLER.

Patented Sept. 14, 1920.

, `pplcation filed August 30, 1919. Serial No. 320,780. I

. ring to the drawings, it comprises two arms 2 and 3 which areconnected at adjacent ends by a small bowed or loop portion 4. In thenormal condition of the curler the arms 2 `and 3 diverge from theirconnected ends to present an open space between them, as shown inFig. 1. y

The arm 2 is flatand flexible and, in the normal condition thereof it isbowed, as shown in Fig. rlhe arm 3 is stiii'ened by being shaped intoconcave-convex form in cross section, as clearly shown in Fig. 5, so

lthat it will always remain in the'straight condition shown in thedrawings.

The free endo'f the flexible arm 2 has a hook 6 formed thereon which isadapted to embrace the free end of the stiil' arm 3 when the parts arein the position shown in the drawings, and the free end of the hook 6 istapered or pointed so that it may enter the groove in the bottom of thestiff arm 3 and hold the free ends of the arms 2 and 3 together, asshown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. The free end of the stiff arm 3 is tapered toreduce the depth of the groove in the bottom thereof so that its freeend may be readily passed into or from the hook 6 by pressing ythe freeends of the arms together and moving them laterally relatively to eachother.

The operation of the curler is as "follows: The hair, illustrated at 7in Fig. 4, to be curled is wrapped around the stili" arm 3 when thecurler is in the open position shown in Fig. 1. The freeends of the arms2 and 3 are then sprung toward each other, causing the flexible arm 2 tobe bowed around the hair 7 while the stiff arm 3 remains straight, andthe free end of the arm 3 is slipped into the hook 6 by a lateralmovement of one or both of the arms relatively to each other. This done,the free ends of the arms are released and they are then held togetherby the engagement of the free end of the arm 3 with the hook 6 and thetendency of the parts to resume their normal position. When the arms 2and 3 are thus held together, the side walls of the groove in the arm 3prevent accidental lateral displacement of the arms from their engagingposition; and the body of the hook 6, being opposite to the free end ofthe stiff arm 3, prevents accidental disengagement of the free ends ofthe arms by the widening of the space between them, and the consequentdrawing of the body of the hook 6 toward the free end of the arm 3, Thespace be Y blefarmandfia stift arm, said arm-shavingtween the arms 2 and3 is always widened by the outward bowing of the flexible arm 2, and, asa consequeneefnfthis,` .it is impossible to withdraw the free end of thearm 3 from the hook 6 by widening the space between the arms, the effectof this always being to draw the bodyxo'f .the hook `ftoward `or intoengagement with the freeend of the arm 3. The resilient vqualities ofthe metal used in the curler are` such as toproducethe opera- A tions,hereinbefore described; and; the Inor- .f-

mal shape of therflexible arm 2 is such as to cause lit to'liesubstantially iat 'against the connected adjacent endsand divergingfxiom their vconnected ends,Y the stiff'- arm causing the flexible armto be bowed when hair is placed between the arms and the free ends ofthe arms are forcedtoward each other, and means for Connecting the freeends of said arms together when they are sprung toward 'each other.

Y 2. vA hair curler formed of a single piece of spring metal andcomprising a flat flexible arm and an arm bent into concavo convex formin cross section to render it stiller .than the flexible arm, said armshairing connected adjacent ends and ydivergng v from their connectedends, the :stiff arm vcausing the leXible arm tovbe bowed when 4, hairis placed between the arms andthe free ends -of the arms arev forcedtoward each other, and a hook formed on the freeend-of the flexible armand adapted tofembracerthe free end of-.thestif arm and thereby be pre-Vented from being disengaged therefrom by the outward bowing of the`flexible arm. Y

In 'testimony .whereof I aix my signature hereto. Y

ORSON W. BREN'IZ'ER.

